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Strat-O-Matic 2008 Rookie Preview

FEATURED GUEST WRITER

Brendan Roberts, the 2007 Fantasy Sports Writers’ Association’s Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year, is a freelance writer based in St. Charles, MO

Welcome Stratheads to Stratogist.com’s 2008 draft preview. We at Stratogists are fortunate enough to get the insider’s view from Brendan Roberts, former senior editor of Sportingnews.com’s Fantasy Source and now a writer for ESPN.com’s fantasy pages.

We brought him on board a couple of years ago to share his insights and scouting eye to the league’s newest talent. He says this year’s crop is so good that if it 2008’s rookie class were a wine vintage, even the Wine Spectator could write an overblown headline. With no further delay, here’s his scouting report for this year’s Strat-o-Matic draft: Read more...

Ranking the Fielders

By David Welch - Editor-at-Large
11/12/2007

Do you have love for the glove? You should. And Stratogists will tell you which players can sling the best leather. Welcome to the 2007 Fielding Forecast. This year, we’re doing things a bit differently. Rather than forecast every player in the deck, including a multitude of utility infielders you don’t care about, we’re forecasting Strat-O-Matic’s ratings for the top 30 or so fielders at every position. Basically, we’re taking the 30 starters and adding a few hot rookies or super subs whom you may find interesting.

This tells managers drafting in new leagues who the best glove men are and will be a useful guide as keeper leaguers make trades for the next Strat season. Here’s how we rank them. We take the range rating and e-number and cross that with the OPS a hitter enjoys every time Strat tests the fielder. Read more...